Devin: THE FATHER ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS FAMILY INSIDE THEIR NOVI HOME SAID HE DOESN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED. Carmen: GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 6:00. LAKSHMINIVASA NERUSU SAID HE DOESN'T REMEMBER KILLING HIS FAMILY. Devin: HE IS ON TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE, 12-YEAR-OLD SON AND 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. HE TOOK THE STAND TODAY, PRETTY RIVETING. Roger: HE TRIED TO CONVINCE THEM HE WAS INSANE, BUT TWO EXPERT WITNESSES, INCLUDING ONE HIRED BY THE DEFENSE, DISAGREE WITH THAT CLAIM. I SHOULDN'T DO THIS. Roger: THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT LAKSHMINIVASA NERUSU KILLED HIS FAMILY BUT DENIES REMEMBERING ANYTHING. WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON FOR ME TO KILL MY LOVING FAMILY? Roger: HE SAID HE DOESN'T RECALL GETTING ON HIS COMPUTER BEFORE THE KILLINGS AND RESEARCHING HUMAN ANATOMY AND PLANE SCHEDULES. YOU DON'T REMEMBER STABBING YOUR WIFE APPROXIMATELY 59 TIMES? NO. YOU DON'T REMEMBER STABBING HER IN THE CHEST? NO. IN THE NECK? NO, I HAVE NO IDEA. Roger: HE WAITED FOR HIS DAUGHTER AND SON TO COME HOME FROM SCHOOL AND SLIT THEIR THROATS. HE WALKED TO A NEARBY RITE AID TO BUY A BANDAGE FOR A CUT ON HIS HAND. YOU DON'T REMEMBER KEEPING YOUR HAND IN YOUR POCKET THE ENTIRE TIME YOU'RE IN THE RITE AID STORE? RIGHT. Roger: AND SAID HE HAD NO RECOLLECTION OF RENTING A CAR TO DRIVE TO THE AIRPORT TO TAKE A PLANE TO INDIA. HE SAID HE LIVED ON THE STREETS IN INDIA. TRAVELING TO PLACE TO PLACE, THERE'S NO PLACE TO LIVE. Roger: HE TESTIFIED HIS MARRIAGE WAS ARRANGED WHEN SHE WAS 13 AND OFTEN ARGUED ABOUT MONEY AND DRINKING AND ADMITTED HITTING HER AT LEAST TWO OTHER TIMES. YOU DON'T BELIEVE THEY DESERVED TO DIE OR ANYTHING, DO YOU? OH, C'MON, NO. Roger: THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH HIS DEFENSE IS THAT TWO PSYCHIATRISTS SAY HE WAS NOT INSANE. ONE SAID, CLAIMS OF AMNESIA ARE EASY TO MAKE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO DISPROVE. HE HAD NEVER GONE THROUGH THERAPY AND NEVER DIAGNOSED WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS. THE LAST WET IS THE MEDICAL EXAMINER. HE WAS UNAVAILABLE EARLIER, SO

NOVI, Mich. -

The man who fled to India after the 2008 slaying of his wife and two children testified Tuesday that he has no recollection of killing his family.

Lakshminivasa Nerusu was arrested in February 2013 in India. He was returned to Michigan to stand trial on three counts of first-degree murder -- which carry mandatory sentences of life in prison without parole.

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Police said Nerusu allegedly stabbed his wife, Jayalakshmi Nerusu, his 14-year-old daughter, Tejasvi and 12-year-old son, Siva, to death in their Novi home on Oct. 13, 2008. But their bodies were not found until two weeks later when police went to the home after the children stopped showing up for school.

When asked if he remembers killing his family, Nerusu said, "I don’t have any memory of that incident."

Nerusu explained that he had a history of having "problems" with his mind.

“I didn’t have any control of my mind," he said. “I had to be insane; otherwise I wouldn’t have done this.”

Nerusu denied making any plans to kill his family, saying the only thing he remembers is waking up.

"I was on the floor," he said.

He also revealed that he had thought about killing himself by jumping into the Detroit River on Belle Isle.

"I left everything. I was so depressed thinking about my family," he said.

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